Clearly Orsato not a good referee, allowing a game to go to extra time. ;)
I just want to shout out this team for getting it right live.
Can I argue that it's Taylor's fault that the game was a borefest? You give obvious yellows, maybe the fouls decrease or opposite - game heats up...
Does anyone else have RC on the first YC? Yes it's maybe a bit soft in terms of force, but seems completely egregious nonetheless.
Great call by the ref team.
I thought you don’t give yellow for SPA there because the PK restores the attacking opportunity.
Think there maybe should have been more than one booking!
Okay additional thought. On reflection, this is maybe one of the most politically charged games. Many Swiss players are ethnic Albanians, now...
This game has serious CONCACAF vibes...
Hoo boy, Uruguay needs a goal. This dynamic just changed SIGNIFICANTLY.
Do you have any idea if the CRs are made aware of the situation? Since messages can get to players, sure would be nice if the refs also knew what...
VAR suggesting penalty after keeper gets hands to Messi's head after a header.
This game getting... spicy.
Yes. Lip reading, I believe Oliver said "you need to zip it and go" but wow, that could have been a 2CT.
He’s calling some really soft fouls now. Just feels lost.
First match I’ve seen this WC with only 1 min of stoppage.
Have to say MARCINIAK looked good on Barca-Inter. Just a commanding presence in a bonkers game.
This is a good call, but watching the game, I just don't see why UEFA like Siebert. Sure, he knows the rules. But he seems to have ZERO...
Right, I agree the question is whether it's a foul or not (I think it is). But you can't call foul + YC here, which is what he did. There's just...
There's a lot I like about him, but how on earth did he go YC instead of RC on that foul in 11'? (The DOGSO that VAR corrected). It just seems...
Agreed. Don't think those teams like each other, but he landed that plane well.
Just about to post this. Not only do I not understand VAR intervening, I don't understand the referee agreeing she was wrong in the first place....
I watched Szpala in the Timbers - Dynamo game and that was... interesting. To me, this reflected a referee still developing his full toolbox of...
No. (1) A “save” doesn’t reset offside, and (2) deliberate has to do with the play on the ball, not just the play in itself.
Do you understand the law? Direction doesn’t matter, deflection vs deliberate play does. It is nigh impossible to say they deliberately played the...